greaseproof

1. 1.

   resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax

   “greaseproof wrapping paper”

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Questions about greaseproof

What does greaseproof mean?

greaseproof means "resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax".

How many syllables are in greaseproof?

greaseproof has 4 syllables and divides as gre-a-se-proof under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is greaseproof a common word?

greaseproof is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.